Tag: mining

Accra (AFP) - Ghana is preparing to overhaul its mining laws to increase its share of the revenues generated by ...

Gaborone (Botswana) (AFP) - Botswana is sitting on nearly double its permitted diamond stockpile as weak prices and rising competition ...

Sydney (AFP) - Swiss resources giant Glencore said Friday it is in merger talks with British-Australian rival Rio Tinto, potentially ...

Sydney (AFP) - Swiss mining and commodity trading giant Glencore said Friday it is in merger talks with British-Australian rival ...

Dakar (AFP) - Mining company Axis International said Monday it was seeking World Bank arbitration against Guinea for withdrawing its ...

La Paz (AFP) - Hundreds of Bolivian miners protested on Wednesday against the elimination of long-standing fuel subsidies by the ...

Ganzhou (China) (AFP) - Buried in the reddish soil of southern China lies latent power: one of the largest clusters ...

Ulefoss (Norway) (AFP) - As Europe seeks to curb its dependence on China for rare earths, plans to mine the ...

Oslo (AFP) - Norway on Wednesday postponed the first licences to permit deep-sea mining in its Arctic waters for four ...

Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) (AFP) - Kyrgyzstan said Tuesday it had arrested the Chinese CEO of a gold mining firm accused of ...